Lead Engineer QA

Job Title: Lead Engineer QA

Location: Chennai/Gurugram, India

Experience: 6+ years

Job Summary:

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Lead Engineer QA to join our Quality Assurance team. Reporting to the QA Manager, the ideal candidate will work closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality releases within Agile sprints. The Lead Engineer QA should have a solid understanding of manual and automated testing practices, familiarity with CI/CD processes, and a collaborative mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, write, and execute test cases and test scenarios based on user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Perform manual testing of web applications, APIs, and back-end systems, ensuring full coverage.
• Collaborate with automation engineers and contribute to automation test case design and execution (if skilled).
• Log, track, and verify bugs through defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.
• Validate fixes and conduct regression testing to ensure stability across releases.
• Communicate test results, issues, and risks to the QA Manager and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure test documentation is up to date and maintained in tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, or Xray.
• Work closely with the QA Manager to continuously improve QA processes, tools, and standards.
• Support performance testing and test data management activities when required.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in software quality assurance.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing types, and Agile principles.
• Proficiency in manual testing with working knowledge of automation testing tools such as Selenium or Functionize.
• Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman or SOAPUI.
• Experience in defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, TestRail).
• Basic understanding of CI/CD environments and source control (e.g., Jenkins, Git).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative Agile team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
• Familiarity with database testing using SQL.
• Experience with BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber) is a plus.
• ISTQB or other relevant certification preferred.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.